Convention in Copenhagen  Øyvind Krokeide and Brian Souter, New Zealand. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Sam Bishop and Tom Surowka. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Nola Dawes Australia and Christine Kerr UK. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Svend and Carina Andersen, Denmark. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Bo Johnsson and Alisma Clark. To the right Tom Surowka. Photo Carina Andersen  Patricia and Warren Burrows Australia. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Tony Watson shows Angus Clark a nice picture in his camera with Bill and Katia Robinson from the USA looking on . Photo: Bo Johnsson  Charles Strasser and Kelly Townsend. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Alisma and Angus Clark together with Bill Robinson, IFFR member and Commodore of the International Fellowship of Yachting Rotarians. Photo: Bo Johnsson Monday 12th of June Bella Centre 08:30 IFFR board meeting and 12.30 IFFR annual meeting. Angus Clark gave a PHF to his wife Alisma, Brian Souter became our new IFFR world president. Tom Surowka take leave after many years service in IFFR.  Charles Strasser, Jersey, Svend Andersen, Denmark and Øyvind Krokeide, Norway. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Participators at the IFFR annual meeting at Bella Center. Photo: Sven-Erik Jönsson  Angus Clark and Tom Surowka leading the annual meeting. Photo: Sven-Erik Jönsson  Charles Strasser speaking. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Angus Clark presents Tom Surowka with a whisky decanter to mark his retirement as International Secretary and Treasurer. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Alisma Clark is very happy as she has just recieved a PHF. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Angus Clark inducts Brian Souter, New Zealand as IFFR World President 2006-2008. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Angus Clark wishes Brian Souter good luck as new IFFR World President. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Brian Souter addresses the meeting. Photo: Bo Johnsson Tuesday 13 of June DC-3/C-47A Dakota, OY-BPB, operated by Danish Dakota Friends and owned by the Association For Flying Museum Aircraf, was booked for a flight from Værløse airport around the island of Själland at 1000 feet. Weather was CAVOK. Pilot in command was Capt.Andreas T. Jensen and co-pilot Peter Lunøe. The flight no was 631.  DC-3/C-47A Dakota, OY-BPB on the apron at the Værløse military airport, not far from Copenhagen. Photo: Bo Johnsson  DC-3/C-47A Dakota, OY-BPB. Peter Barnard, St. Lucia has just inspected the aircraft. Photo: Bo Johnsson  DC-3/C-47A Dakota, OY-BPB operated by Danish Dakota Freinds and own by Association For Flying Museum Aircraft. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Cockpit in OY-BPB. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Pilot in command: Andreas T Jensen giving a flight briefing. Photo: Bo Johnsson  At 1000 ft on the way up to Helsingør. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Over Helsingør and Kronborg castle, known from the tale of Hamlet. Photo: Ole René Hansen.  Over Fredensborg, the home of the Danish Crown Prince. Photo: Ole René Hansen.  Cockpit of DC-3/C-47A Dakota OY-BPB over Sjaelland. Photo: Bo Johnsson  After a 34 minute flight OY-BPB was back on ground at 16.35. Photo: Bo Johnsson  The IFFR group after a successful flight with the vintage DC-3 /C-47A Dakota OY-BPB. Photo: Bo Johnsson History of DC-3 OY-BPB April 1944: Delivered to USAF May 1945: Delivered to Royal Norwegian Air Force Oct 1946: Delivered to Det Norske Luftfartselskab (DNL) and civil registered as NL-IAT, scheduled flying, named ”Terje Viking” Oct 1948: Painted in Scandinavian Airlines System colours and taken over by SAS in 1951. Oct 1953: Sold to Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF), as K-682. July 1982: Last flight for Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF). Feb 1985: OY-BPB, owned by a private company. June 1996: Sold to the Association For Flying Museum Aircraft and Danish Dakota Friends. Click for more about DC-3 OY-BPB. Wednesday 14th of June  Angus and Alisma Clark were on the IFFR stand every day. Photo: Sven-Erik Jönsson  You could study the making of a handcraft kayak. Photo: Sven-Erik Jönsson  You could study what Rotary International and the Rotary Foudation are doing. Photo: Sven-Erik Jönsson  Motorcycling Rotarians (IFMR) in front of the entrance to the Convention. Photo: Sven-Erik Jönsson Thursday 15th of June The day of the Fly-Around take off  A briefing in the morning at Roskilde Airport. A new rule for IFFR-flyarounds was that flights would only be allowed in VFR conditions. The trip this day was to Västervik in Sweden. The weather was perfect. 64 participators in 20 aircrafts left Roskilde. At Västervik the airport manager Björn Blomstrand was AFIS-controller and welcomed all to Västervik. Members of the local flying club were helpful with parking and refuelling. Linda from Västervik Stadshotel was at the airport and took care of all luggage, a fantastic service. Members of the local Rotary Club arranged the transport from the airport to the hotel. A great thank you to all in Västervik. At 5.00 PM the participants were invited to a guided tour in Västervik which ended up at the railway station. A vintage train was planned to take the group out for new adventures. Unfortunately it was not possible to use the steam locomotive to the great risk of fire in the forest. The group travelled in a newer locomotive was used instead.  Briefing at Roskilde Airport. Photo: Bo Johnsson  All aircraft have arrived to Västervik, ESSW. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Björn Blomstrand manager and AFIS-controler at Västervik airport. Björn has recently built a nice replica of a DH.60 Moth. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Linda from Västervik Stadshotel. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Sightseeing in Västervik. Photo: Bo Johnsson  The old steam-locomotive was forbidden to run due to the very dry weather and the high risk of forest fire and instead was this old diesel-locomotive used. Photo: Bo Johnsson  The vintage train at the railway station in Västervik. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Along the old railway. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Flying Rotarians in the antique wagon. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Competitions included one to move the railway wagons the fastest. Photo: Bo Johnsson  ...and on the way home? Photo: Bo Johnsson Friday 16th of June  Mooney F-GNBC leaving Västervik. CAVOK A briefing at 08.30 AM for the flight to Barkarby, a non controlled airport which is situated just between Stockholm's two busy airports Bromma and Arlanda. The fastest aircraft departed first and the slowest last to ensure that they did not arrive all at same time to Barkarby. The distance was 107 NM. After a lunch at Barkarby flyingclub a bus took all participants to the Vasamuseum.  Alisma and Angus Clark taxing in to the apron at Barkarby. Photo: Bo Johnsson  After happy landings it was time for lunch at the airport. Photo: Bo Johnsson   The Vasa is the world’s only surviving 17th-century ship and one of the foremost tourist sights in the world. On April 24 1961, the warship Vasa broke the surface of Stockholm´s harbour after 333 years on the sea bottom. Photo: Øyvind Krokeide The party departed Stockholm at 5.00 PM on board the Silja Line Cruise Ship. A welcome drink was enjoyed on the 13th floor with spectacular views over archipelago. At 8.00 PM a traditional Swedish "smorgasbord" was served and later many of the Flying Rotarians, now on the Baltic Sea, were dancing all the night long.  Silja Line Cruising ship. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Sam Bishop enjoys the beautiful view from the cruise ship in Stockholm archipelago. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Christer and Marianne Liljestrand with Peter Barnard. Christer is now the section leader of the Scandinavian section. Photo: Bo Johnsson Saturday 17th of June After a great breakfast the cruise ship arrived at Helsinki. The country leader for Finland, Gustav Rosenlew with his wife Päivi met us on the quay and after a short walk to the marketplace, we went by a small boat to the Sveaborg fortress. There we had a sightseeing walk with a guide. Suomenlinna, Viapori-Sveaborg fortress is one of the biggest sea fortresses in the world. it was built in 1748 by Augustin Ehrensvärd on islands just off the coast at Helsinki.  On the small boat to Sveaborg. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Sveaborg Suomenlinna fortress is a historic sea fortress, a popular attraction and a place where people live. It was included in 1991 as a unique monument to European military architecture. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Walking around inside the Sveaborg fortress. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Memorial monument at Sveaborg. Photo: Bo Johnsson  View from Sveaborg fortress. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Next visit was to Temppeliaukio Church which is one of Helsinki's most popular tourist attractions. Photo: Bo Johnsson  The interior walls are created naturally by the rock. The church was designed by architects Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen and opened in 1969. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Due to its excellent acoustics the church is a popular venue for concerts. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Next visit after the fantastic church was to Sibeliusparken which got its current name in 1945 when the great composer Jean Sibelius celebrated his 80 year. The Sibelius memorial monument is made by sculptor Eila Hiltunen and is one of the most popular places to visit in Helsinki. Photo: Bo Johnsson  At 5.00 PM we were back on board the cruise ship and leaving Helsinki. In the conference room Atlantis we enjoyed some food and saw some movies of previous IFFR events. Photo: Bo Johnsson  After a good dinner at Bistro Maxime many went dancing. Photo: Bo Johnsson Sunday 18th of June  The guard at the Royal Castle in Stockholm. Photo: Bo Johnsson  In Gamla Stan, Stockholm (in the old city of Stockholm). After some hours in Stockholm city we were all back to Barkarby airfield to have lunch before departure to ENFG. Photo: Bo Johnsson  After 284 NM from Stockholm/Barkarby on finals at Fagernes, Norway - ENFG. The runway is 2049 meters long at a height of 2697 ft. Photo: Bo Johnsson  On the apron at Fagernes Sunday afternoon after a happy landing. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Storefjell Hotel was the IFFR-hotel at Fagernes. Hotel Storefjäll is 1001 metres above sea level and can accommodated more than 500 guests. Photo: Bo Johnsson  The Viking-camp at Fagernes where dinner was served. Photo: Bo Johnsson  Bo Johnsson, Elena Laborde-Bishop and Sam Bishop enjoy the evening. Photo: Bo Johnsson Monday 19th of June It's fog! 11.00 AM: Briefing and it's not possible to fly. New briefing at 2 PM and 4 PM. Weather has slowly improved, but is still not VMC conditions. The participants have to stay at Storefjäll one night more. But all have very fun together.  In th morning visibility was nearly zero - Fog. Photo: Bo Johnsson  But even if the weather was bad, all had fun. Photo: Bo Johnsson
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